Oratio Ioannisbaptistae Adrianii habita in fvnere Cosmi Medicis magni Etruriae ducis
A 1574 Florentine funeral oration by Giovanni Battista Adriani, printed by the Giunti press in Florence for mourners honouring Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a winged putto flanking a flame-like finial, a decorative capital band, and a historiated initial S showing mounted armoured riders, useful for designers seeking Renaissance printer's ornament and border motifs.


